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Newspaper
Indiana Progress
Location
Indiana, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1925
Page
2
The Azeri archaeology effort seeks Alexander the Great riches buried near Andrievka Azerbaijan as legends claim. A Georgian map and mutiny lore mix with Caspian littoral theories, while experts urge patience and caution amid hopeful claims and scattered clues.
A brief public notice references Curtin Smitis and Anna Grace Long in a matter with unspecified action. Details are unreadable but indicate involvement or interest by these individuals in a local proceeding or filing.
A sensational Midwest-era tale unfolds from a hotel linen department affair. Ted Randall and Sat struggle amid love triangles with Miss Lawrence as a pivotal figure. Annie’s revelation spurs a dramatic rooftop escape and a rapid marriage as Sat vows reform and renewed effort.
German immigration features prominently in Argentina this year as a major German financial firm completes a deal in Buenos Aires to lease nearly 50 000 acres of Li Mercedes estate to colonizers. The South American Cattle and Farming Company owned by Liebig transfers land for settlement. The survey and division work begins while 70 German families occupy prepared homes and 150 more are en route from Hamburg. National Mortgage bank of Argentina arranges 40 year payback terms for settlers.
Authorities in Malmesbury Wiltshire search archives to determine King Athelstan color and cut of his whiskers who died in 925. A stained glass portrait fund in the town hall honors his 10th century stand against the Danes.
A quirky trend in London sees pet dogs carrying tiny jeweled watches on their collars. The fashion, credited to a San Diego woman, features timepieces that strike the hours as these dogs accompany their mistresses on sunny afternoons along the Mall.
A Scottish bishop, noted for salmon fishing in the Highlands, is humorously mocked by ghillies who recall his strong language. One ghillie says he swears dreadfully, another asks how a bishop could swear, and the reply recalls a salmon rising and the bishop approving a rude exclamation with a brief quip about following the fish.
The Lowell Courier Citizen reports that tremors in a region south of Boston sparked speculation of ongoing earthquakes. Scientists say the quakes center off Long Island and predict another shake soon in Connecticut, though they deem it not serious.
A garbled note mocks an alleged “Al 'faie in Russia” as a contemporary issue. The source text is fragmented and unreadable, offering no verifiable facts, dates, or identifiable figures beyond a stray quoted line.
Notice of an application to the Court on August 12 for incorporation of the Church of the Brethren in Venniun Pa under a 1874 act with solicitors Chalman and Molkopple. Executives seek support for public worship and church unity.
Notice to creditors and heirs of the estate of Mrs Mien Fisher in West Wheatfield township. Creditors must present their claims with proof for settlement. Those who know themselves to be heirs or claimants should come forward by July 29.
A Budapest bound binder claims a dream gave him an idea for daylight moving pictures. The system uses a rapidly rotating disk with green and blue paper strips reflecting light to project images. The New York World reports experiments prove the concept and a patent has been granted. The inventor cannot explain how the idea arose from the dream.
A new gas product, claimed to exceed ordinary gas in heat value and candle power, is nonasphyxiating and smokeless. Invented by Dr. C. A. D. Bean, it is produced from oil or residuum from gasoline making, and uses a cooler process to avoid carbon monoxide. The gas is said to be cheap to manufacture and safer than standard gas.
Samuel G Maskell of Georgetown Maine sailed as a crew member of the Constitution not during her fighting days but on her final voyage in 1878. She went to Havre France during the Paris exposition and stayed months, the return trip in 45 days from Havre to New York. Mr Haskell witnessed the Constitution's 100th anniversary celebration.
The West Point coat of arms was changed after thirty years, reversing the eagle and the sword. The previous design showed a vertical striped shield with a helmet of Mars and a sword running diagonally from the right to the left beneath an American eagle perched above.
A barber narrates a cautionary tale of a self taught businessman who hustles a stock sale with help from a generous but shrewd benefactor. The story follows a stock deal, a stock sale to a stranger for a high price, and a later buyback offer from the benefactor, ending with the narrator declaring his own sharpness.
In Grand Central a blue uniform attendant helps a brown eyed girl with a daisy trimmed hat find the telegraph, while a very old woman also seeks to reach Boston. The two realize both are runaway travelers chaperoning each other, planning to meet relatives and keep in touch.
A dialogue on the concept of boring from within where a daughter and her steady sit on the porch as the father on his side reads them the latest political news through an open window. The scene blends domestic life with current affairs.
A Duluth Herald quote laments a lack of grievances in the country, suggesting that scarce causes for protest fail to feed a sizable dissenting party and highlighting a mood of restrained displeasure.
A strange vegetable called the yama has arrived in Maine and is cultivated in Wyoming by expert Carney, a bur bank with vegetables. The yama is a cross between a melon squash and street corn, grows on vines like a melon and shows kernels resembling small ears of corn welded together. It reportedly tastes bantam sweet corn with a slight squash flavor.
Encyclopedia Britannica notes the elusive Cremona varnish prized for violin tone. Otto Meyer and Charles Reade discuss Stradivarius legacy, varnish mixing, and the decline of old spirit varnishes after the eighteenth century. The Dolphin Strad is praised as a rare example of wood and varnish harmony.
Two unusual Anno Santo pilgrims presented their confession at St Peter's. One arrived by foot from Oberammergau and the other from Scotland, after walking almost the entire journey to Dzernak City except for crossing the English Channel. Clergy funded rail return. It notes many years the custom for German youths to walk to Rome in spring, sometimes for piety or adventure, with some singing in streets for pennies.
Improved sandals strap on like skates with two stout steel coils between the sole and padded footbed. They come in five sizes with varying spring stiffness for small and large children, offering flexible movement to reduce ankle risk and build foot and leg muscles while inspiring new playground games.
A Windsor Great Park tale recalls the equestrian statue of George II at the Broad Walk. Erected in 1823 the horse was mounted first then the rider seated. Officials once dined inside the horse body and later found a ladder tucked inside the sealed statue.
A New York World writer notes high salmon fishing costs in private Scottish waters. Spey River salmon counts dropped to about 800 this year from 2,000 normally. A sportsman reportedly paid $8.50 weekly for a single rod, fished five weeks, and caught one fish at a cost of $17.50.
William Shakespeare the other William tells an amusing incident about Lablache, the greatest basso, described by a friend who knew him intimately. At dinner Lablache sang a long note from piano to forte and back without breathing, drank wine, then sang a chromatic scale up the octave in one breath, and blew out a candle with his mouth open.
The United States army has developed a 75 mm gun that shoots nearly three miles farther than the famed French 75 mm used in World War I, yet weighs the same, according to Science Service.
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